Massachusetts Appeals Court· 7/18/1996

Ardizoni v. Raymond

Citations

40 Mass. App. Ct. 734
667 N.E.2d 885
1996 Mass. App. LEXIS 737

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custody order vacated where judge failed to make specific or detailed findings based on evidence within the record
judge may consider wide range of evidence, including report of court-appointed investigator, in determining best interests of child
in determining modifications of custody awards based on changed circumstances, “the guiding principle always has been the best interests of the children”
parties consented to in camera interview; case remanded where judge’s “articulated reasoning manifests an excessive reliance upon the preferences of two eleven year old children as to which parent each would like to live with”
generally favoring the placement of siblings under one roof

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